242 Professor J. W. Gregory — Tlie Solway Basin — 



yds. ft. in. 

 Brought forward 14 11 

 White metal * partings . 5 



Brown stone . . .28 

 Hard white stone . . 9 



White metal partings . . 10 

 Stone calm . . . .10 8 

 Stone calm . . . . 10 

 Gray whin with water, large 1 7 

 White metal partings . . 4 



Strong white stone . .210 

 White metal partings . . 6 



White stone with water, large 10 

 White metal partings . . 2 



Soft white stone . . . 2 10 

 White metal partings . . 3 



Stone calm . . . . 10 

 White stone . . .406 

 Brown metal partings . . 10 

 Brown stones . . .500 

 Gray beds .... 4 



Gray freestone with water . 1 7 

 Gray stone with water .112 



Brown metal partings . . 6 



Brown stone . . .110 

 Strong brown stone . . 1 

 Hard blae stone . 

 Strong white stone with water 1 

 Blae stone . . . .1 

 Hard white stone, thin beds 

 Strong blae stone . . 1 



Soft blae stone . 

 Bed calm .... 

 Strong brown stone . . 1 

 Strong brown stone . . 3 

 Gray stone .... 2 

 Brown metal partings . 

 Strong brown stone . .20 

 White stone, hard . . 1 

 Hard white stone 

 Strong gray randed 2 stone . 2 

 White stone 

 Brown metal partings . 

 Brown randed stone with white 1 

 Strong coal-pipe . 

 Brown randed calm 

 Light brown randed stone . 1 

 Light brown randed with white 1 

 Strong white stone . .11 

 Blaes metal partings . 

 White stone ... 1 



Brown stone calm 



This succession with 

 white stone, gray whins, 



Gray beds . 



Brown stone calm 



Gray 



Hard white stone with water 



Strong gray beds 



Hard white stone 



White scap metal 



Gray beds, strong 



Strong white stone 



Strong gray beds 



Strong gray beds 



Blue metal partings 



Strong brown stone 



Gray beds . 



Hard brown stone 



Dark brown calm 



White stone 



Blue metal 



Hard blaes stone 



Blue metal partings 



Strong white stone 



Strong white stone, with 



coal-pipes 

 Strong blaes stone 

 Hard blaes stone . 

 Blue metal partings 

 Dark-brown calm stone 

 Dark calm mixed with white 

 Dark bleas stone . 

 Strong gray bed . 

 Hard white stone 

 Hard gray stone . 

 White stone 

 Strong bleas stone 

 Light-red metal . 

 Soft blue calm stone 

 White stone mixed with 



coal-pipes 

 White stone 

 White stone, strong 

 Light-brown stone 

 Light-brown stone 

 Hard brown stone 

 White stone 

 Dark-brown stone calm 

 Hard brown stone 

 Strong gray beds with water 

 Bed calm stone . 



yds. ft. 

 2 



Fath. 45 1 2 10 



its 108 beds in 275 feet, the abundance of 



strong gray beds," and layers with coal, 



indicates that this bore passed from the surface through the Lower 



1 'Metal' is defined by Barrowman (ibid., p. 44) as 'Hard rock; whin'. 

 In this journal it doubtless meant shale, according to its use in Cumberland 

 and Northumberland (Wright, English Dialect Dictionary). 



2 ' Banded ' may mean ' striped ' or may be a misprint for ' banded '. 



